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So despite winning the regular season title, multiple player awards and, most recently. the Ontario University Athletics charm pionship, the Hawks haven't stopped to celebrate much along the way. here's still some unfinished I business for the Wilfrid Lau- rier Golden Hawks women's hockey team - like another national title shot. Even after sweeping both provincial playoff series to cruise into the national tournament, the players still have their eyes on the prize, said head coach Rick Osborne. "The players are really ground- ed and professional. Even after winning the (OUA). the celebration was muted," Osborne said. "There's a real sense that there's some unfinished business to take care of." he St. David Oeltics’ five-year I plan to return a little pride to a lackluster basketball pro- gram missed the mark by a couple of years. Instead of half a decade, it took only three years for the dedicated efforts of junior coaches Wally Gang) and Br. Ed Benson and sen- ior coach Dave MacNeil to turn the perennial also rans into a competi- tive basketball program. That sense of purpose trumps any revelry the players might have planned after sweeping the Uni- versity of Toronto team in a best- of-three series for the OUA cham- pionship, said Hawks forward Lau- ren Barch. And it culminated in the Water- loo school's first CWOSSA Triple A junior boys basketball champi- onship last week, capping off a 33- 1 season, and the senior team earning its first invitation to an OFSAA Tyiple A championship. "We thought this was all a pos- sibility or a probability next year," said Gang). “We're definitely ahead of schedule, and we're pleased Celtic pride on display after basketball turnaround - EatRight Ontario ontario.ca/eatright By Gm MacDomw ChrqniclgStal i Golden Hawks win fifth straight OUA title BY Boa mec Chronicle Staff we're ahead of schedule. "It's been a great year." The junior Celtics won four of "lt feels good to win. but that's she said. "We keep looking to (the have to keep our focus." not really where our minds are" nationals) and that's where we The third-year psychology stu- The St. David Celtics capped off a 33-1 season by winning both the District 8 and GNOSSA Triple "A" basketball title last week. .1- mun“ m The Hawks battle for a lose puck in front of the Toronto net in a 24 overtime victory to open the series. The Hawks swept the series for the fifth consecutive OUA title. MMf mm u mum Call 1-877-510-510-2 and talk to a Registered Dietitian for free. w: Jet fAV J9ti': Jr)AfW1)J'V' SPORTS the five tournaments they entered this year and only lost to a St. Mary's team that went on to win (null! Paid for by the Government of Ontario the title. In league and CWOSSA play the Celtics were undefeated, coming from behind at halftime in MIKE WHITE WU ATMLETB PHOTO ”WWO WATERLOU CHRONICLE . Wednesday, Match 5, 2008 . " dent was named the OUA's player of the year for her 15 goal, 16 assist season at a ceremony held last week. "It was really unexpected," Barch said. "A number of girls on our team could have won it." While the honour was nice, she said she's not going to let it be a distraction. "The way we played so well in the playoffs was that everyone contributed," she said. "No one tried to play an individual game." If théy éan keep with that game plan, Barch thinks they have a chance to win ghe national prize. Osborne also thinks that his team has a good shot as long as they can carry the momentum they've built up so far into the CIS tournament in Ottawa. The Hawks steamrollered through the regular season with a 23-2-2 record and racked up sever- al honours in addition to Barch's award. Osborne Won the coach of the year award, while five players of his squad were named OUA All- Stars. Last weekend series sweep over the University of Toronto Blue gave the Hawks their fifth consecutive their last two games, including an 11-point deficit against Brantfords North Park in the finals, to win the school rsrst CWOSSA junior boys basketball banner. It all started after an 0-15 sea- son by the junior boys a few years ago that left the basketball brain- trust at the school scratching their heads about what to do after the team got blown out of the gym on a nightly basis by more than 30 points. - That's when Gang) and Benson decided that there had to be a bet- ter way to build a basketball pro- Both were alumni of the St. Jerome's basketball factory in Kitchener, which won an OFSAA championship in 1987 and played in four straight all-Ontario tourna- ments They decided to revisit what Ontario Continued on page as Continued on page 25